Specialty Food Businesses
Specialty food products are foods, beverages, or confections meant for human use that are of the highest grade, style and/or quality in their category. Their specialty nature derives from a combination of some or all of the following qualities:
- uniqueness
- exotic origin
- particular processing design
- limited supply
- unusual application or extraordinary packaging or channel of distribution
- high quality
For more information on this topic, see the links listed below of articles posted on related Web sites.
- Specialty Food Business Basics – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University -- Intended to give you an overview of the business.
- Specialty Food Producers Handbook – University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension – Introduces you to ideas and issues you may want to consider before entering the specialty food business.
- Glossary of Specialty Food Manufacturing Terms – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University.
- Product Development – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University -- Includes information on scheduled process, products analysis and common food processing equipment.
- Business and Marketing – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University – Includes information on business plans and market development.
- Regulations, Agencies and Trade Organizations – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University -- The Specialty Food Business is regulated by two groups of agencies, Federal and State.
- Small Co-Packers and Commercial Kitchens – Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University.
